Indeed, the West Midlands police force had tweeted the joke earlier in the day, but received a mere 18 retweets. Despite that, both forces received bragging rights on Twitter, with people posting that they wished their local station was as funny.

It's not the first playful police tweet on their feed, with a quick scan showing the bobby behind this account has a good sense of humour.

But Solihull comes up trumps every time, with some of their past tweets simply criminal: "Anyone lost a huge amount of cannabis in the Chelmsley Wood area? Don’t panic, we found it. Please come to the police station to collect it."